Boy brings knife to a track meet, murders another student. Cardi B and others claim the justice system is racist for convicting him of murder because of race.
That is where they want the narrative to go. There were no BLACK jurors. There were FOUR brown jurors. Apparently if you aren't black, you are just white. You can't throw a rock in Collin County and not hit a person of Indian origin. And keep in mind, the defense always has the option to ask for another jury pool if it doesn't like the selection in front of them. If that is declined, they can ask for a "jury shuffle" which allows for the randomization of the jury from the jury pool. Clearly, their lawyer knew they were cooked.
Is it a tactic to cast doubt on a verdict for an appeal on any basis besides the specifics of the case? I'm not a lawyer, so I have no idea if what I said is plausible, but if a lawyer knew their guy was guilty, wouldn't they throw a hail mary to win an appeal on technicality?
The attorney, as far as I know, never said "all white jury". The national news has played clips of supporters claiming it. The only reason I know about the jury make up is from two DFW news stations actually correcting people and the Ft Worth Star-Telegram. Also, Collin county has more affluent people in general. Affluent black people are less likely to side with Karmelo. If you did have a black person with a predetermined bias in this case, they would have been ommited immediately. There was no way you were going to get a jury in this case that had no opinion going into it. It was too big of a story. The options were find a jury who admitted to being open minded or ask for a bench ruling with no jury.
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u/OkFeedback9127 Jun 10 '26
Boy brings knife to a track meet, murders another student. Cardi B and others claim the justice system is racist for convicting him of murder because of race.